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Governors of Texas

Dive into Texapedia’s biographies of Texas governors, from the 1840s until the present day. Originally researched and sourced, this collection details not only the lives of Texas’s most powerful politicians, but also the political context in which they lived.

James Allred: The New Deal Governor of Texas
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James Allred: The New Deal Governor of Texas

Dan Moody: Reform Governor Who Took on the Klan and the Ferguson Machine Newspaper headline from 1926 saying "Reign of Fergusonism Finally Ended in Texas," with coverage of Dan Moody's inauguration.
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Dan Moody: Reform Governor Who Took on the Klan and the Ferguson Machine

George Tyler Wood: Second Governor of Texas
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George Tyler Wood: Second Governor of Texas

Beauford Jester: Texas Governor in an Era of Expanding Government Beauford Jester giving a speech during his campaign for Texas governor.
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Beauford Jester: Texas Governor in an Era of Expanding Government

Preston Smith: The Bespectacled ‘Education Governor’ of 1970s Texas Governor Preston Smith
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Preston Smith: The Bespectacled ‘Education Governor’ of 1970s Texas

Miriam Ferguson: The Texas Governor Who Defied the KKK at the Height of Its Power Texas Governor Miriam Ferguson seated at her desk with papers and pen.
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Miriam Ferguson: The Texas Governor Who Defied the KKK at the Height of Its Power

Ross Sterling: Millionaire Governor of Depression-Era Texas Texas Governor Ross Sterling
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Ross Sterling: Millionaire Governor of Depression-Era Texas

Pat Neff: Pro-Labor Baptist Governor of the 1920s After his governorship, Pat Morris Neff served as president of Baylor University in Waco.
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Pat Neff: Pro-Labor Baptist Governor of the 1920s

W.P. Hobby: Texas Governor Who Backed Women’s Suffrage and Alcohol Ban
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W.P. Hobby: Texas Governor Who Backed Women’s Suffrage and Alcohol Ban

Governor H.R. Runnels: Arch-Secessionist and Rival of Sam Houston
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Governor H.R. Runnels: Arch-Secessionist and Rival of Sam Houston

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